Need to use ramdisk?

jlimon · 2009-05-12 12:56:02

Okay - it's been a good long time since I compiled my own kernels (as evident by my previous thread I suppose..) but when I did it was on Slackware, Gentoo and Crux so things might've changed.

All I did was copy the image from the src directory to /boot, install the very few modules I needed and then edit grub.

Now, reading over the Arch Wiki it recommends I make a ramdisk. Why is this? I always compile in almost everything since I'm only compiling the kernel for myself the size doesn't really matter.

Perhaps I'm missing something in this.

Zariel · 2009-05-12 13:39:16

If your compiling your own kernel which doesnt need to be portable then you can just compile the relevant bits into your hardware and not use a ramdisk. Though I would use makepkg and pacman to install/build the kernel image.

jlimon · 2009-05-12 13:47:53

Absolutely. Using pacman to package the kernel seems to make it much easier to manage the nvidia driver and other firmware files.

Also, I love your avatar. I'm a big In Flames and Anders fan.

jlimon · 2009-05-12 18:10:55

After reviewing the package lists and what is required for boot, is it possible to remove the klibc cruft if one is not using the ARCH compiled kernel or a ramdisk?

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#1 2009-05-12 12:56:02

Need to use ramdisk?

#2 2009-05-12 13:39:16

Re: Need to use ramdisk?

#3 2009-05-12 13:47:53

Re: Need to use ramdisk?

#4 2009-05-12 18:10:55

Re: Need to use ramdisk?

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